Thursday, January 13, 2005
Just who are the "Crazy" ones??
Apparently there is a hot selling Valentines Bear onthe market.
The bear is sporting a straight jacket with a big read heart and is being affectionatly called the "Crazy for You" bear. He even comes with commitment papers and is meant to convey out-of-control love, or so "most" of us would think.
"We recognize that this is a sensitive, human issue and sincerely apologize if we have offended anyone," "That was certainly not our intent. This bear was created in the spirit of Valentine's Day, and as with all of our bears, it was designed to be a light-hearted depiction of the sentiment of love." The Virginia Teddybear Co.
Cute concept, right?? Well apparently not such a cute concept with a bunch of folks with way too much time on their hands. When the world is facing natural catastrophies of epic proportion, some righteous idiots have to strike up a protest that something created without malicious intent is "a tasteless use of marketing that stigmatizes persons with mental illness." Just who are the crazy ones anyway???
Boston Globe
